ΝΥΣΣΩΝ, νυσσων
NYSSŌN, nyssōn
Sounds Like: NYS-sone
Translations: pricking, piercing, wounding, stinging, goading
From the root: ΝΥΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of pricking, piercing, or wounding something, often with a sharp object. It can also refer to the act of stinging or goading, implying a sharp, irritating sensation or a strong urge. It is used to describe a physical action that causes a sharp sensation or a metaphorical action that deeply affects someone.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Masculine or Neuter, Nominative Singular
Strong’s number: G3572 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 22:19
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 22:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΥΣΣΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΝΥΞΕΝ — pierced, pricked, struck, spurred, goaded
- ΕΝΥΞΕΝ — pierced, stabbed, pricked, struck
- ΕΠΕΝΥΣΣΟΝΤΟ — they were pricking, they were piercing, they were goading, they were stinging
- ΝΥΓ — to pierce, to prick, to sting, to strike, to smite
- ΝΥΓΜΕΝΗ — pricked, pierced, stung, wounded, smitten, distressed, deeply moved, convicted
- ΝΥΓΜΕΝΟΣ — pierced, pricked, struck, smitten, wounded, stung, deeply moved, convicted
- ΝΥΣΣΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being pricked, being pierced, being stung, being goaded, being wounded, being smitten, being struck
- ΝΥΣΣΩ — to pierce, to prick, to sting, to wound
- ΝΥΤΤΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being pricked, being pierced, being stung, those being pricked, those being pierced, those being stung
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